The School

29 Novembro 2017, 14:00 • Rui Vitorino Azevedo

Reading and discussion of the short story "The School". The "absurdism" of education: debate.  

Screening of the documentary "Living with Schizophrenia"

29 Novembro 2017, 12:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Class discussion about questions raised in the documentary.

Culture Class

29 Novembro 2017, 10:00 • David Alan Prescott

As a diversion from the normal schedule, and bearing in mind the recent events in British regal politics, I showed the students part of a "structured reality" documentary series made in the USA about an American girl who wishes to marry Prince Henry, Prince of Wales. The serious side to the issue was to explain that an American divorcé marrying into the royal family could cause a crisis. Explanation of the case of Edward VIII and a similar situation.

"Good advice is rarer than rubies"."India's caste system is alive and kicking..." and "Child marriage in India finally meets its match...".

29 Novembro 2017, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussion of the short story "Good advice is rarer than rubies" by Salman Rushdie and the newspaper articles "India's caste system is alive and kicking..." and "Child marriage in India finally meets its match ...": (a) discussion of main social/cultural points raised both in the short story and articles; (b) analysis of the short story: structure, character and theme (to be continued next class). REMINDER: Film Circle discussion of Monsoon Wedding will be held on Monday, Dec.4.

Lesson 19

28 Novembro 2017, 12:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "National traits" - reading, speaking, vocabulary (pp. 49-50)

- "Reddit users list their favourite British words and phrases" - reading (p. 51)

- "I was well gutted about the dodgy grub" - British slang (vocabulary exercise) (p. 52)

- "Roger that: British confirmed as world's sexiest accent - but which one?" - reading (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/12/roger-that-worlds-sexiest-accent-confirmed-british-but-which-one)

Vocabulary from the lesson:

- stiff upper lip

- curtain twitching

- road rage

Adjectives: 

- aloof

- self-effacing

- meticulous

- cultured

- devious

British slang:

-          gutted

-          grub/nosh

-          the bee’s knees

-          knackered

-          jammy

-          fit

-          a fiver/a tenner

-          ta

-          two sandwiches short of a picnic